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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 1. Sources of Necessity

16984

I don't think possible worlds reductively reveal the natures of modal operators etc. [Kripke]

10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 2. A Priori Contingent

9385	The very act of designating of an object with properties gives knowledge of a contingent truth [Kripke]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / a. Possible worlds

4943	Instead of talking about possible worlds, we can always say "It is possible that.." [Kripke]

4899	Possible worlds thinking has clarified the logic of modality, but is problematic in epistemology [Perry]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds

4898	Possible worlds are indices for a language, or concrete realities, or abstract possibilities [Perry]

16983

Probability with dice uses possible worlds, abstractions which fictionally simplify things [Kripke]